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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group, according to Morrison, is more likely to claim that racism is neutral?
(a) Americans.
(b) Asians.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Africans.

2. In what role does Morrison describe herself as assuming nothing happens?
(a) Reader.
(b) European.
(c) Black woman.
(d) Writer.

3. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?
(a) Class and race.
(b) Sexuality and racism.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) Complex emotions.

4. What does America's flight from one thing to another identify as an escape from?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Anger.
(c) Racial pressures.
(d) Tolerance.

5. How does Morrison describe the act of ignoring race?
(a) Africanism.
(b) Literature.
(c) Racism.
(d) Literary whiteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?

2. According to Morrison, what does Willa Cather not allow readers to ignore?

3. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?

4. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?

5. Who wrote the quote from Penelogical Studies: Southern Exposure?

(see the answer key)

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